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Welcome to ArcGIS Desktop Help
Copyright information
GIS Dictionary
What's new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.1
What was new in ArcGIS Desktop 9.0
Getting started
Desktop Administration
ArcCatalog
ArcMap
Getting started with ArcMap

An overview of ArcMap

Layers, data frames, and the table of contents

Starting ArcMap

Opening a map

Using the table of contents

Looking at a map in data view and layout view

Moving around the map

Working with spatial bookmarks

Opening magnifier and overview windows

Exploring data on a map

Saving a map and exiting ArcMap

Saving to previous versions of ArcGIS

Keyboard shortcuts in ArcMap

Working with the map cache
Creating maps
Managing layers

About managing layers

Changing a layer's text description

Copying layers

Removing layers from the map

Managing group layers

Displaying layers at certain scales

Changing the appearance of the table of contents

Working with data frames

Setting a data frame's coordinate system

Repairing broken data links

Changing a layer's drawing order

Accessing layer properties

Saving a layer to disk

Exporting data to a new coordinate system
Symbolizing your data
Working with text
Working with graphics
Laying out and printing maps
Working with styles and symbols
Working with tables

About tables

Opening a layer's attribute table

Adding a table to a layout

Loading existing tabular data onto a map

Displaying tabular data

Controlling a table's appearance

Locating and viewing specific records in a table

Sorting records in a table

Selecting records in a table

Exporting records

Summarizing data in a table

Adding and deleting fields in a table

Editing attributes

Making field calculations

Working with date fields

About joining attribute tables

Joining attribute tables
Looking at data with graphs
Creating reports
Querying maps
Analyzing geometric networks
Working with rasters in ArcMap
Working with ArcPad

An overview of ArcPad

Adding the ArcPad toolbar

About managing data in ArcPad

Getting data for ArcPad

Checking in edits from ArcPad

Undoing a checkout for editing
Working with StreetMap data
GPS Support
Tablet PC
ArcReader
Geoprocessing in the ArcGIS environment
Geoprocessing tool reference
Building a geodatabase
Editing in ArcMap
Geocoding
Linear referencing
Map projections
Writing geoprocessing scripts
Customizing the user interface
Migrating from ArcView GIS 3 to ArcView 9
Migrating from ArcInfo Workstation to ArcGIS Desktop
ESRI Data & Maps
Getting started with ESRI Data and Maps
Canada
Europe
Mexico
World

World Administrative Units

World Cities

World Continents

World Countries (generalized)

World Countries 1992

World Countries 2005

World CountryWatch Demographics (table)

World Country Memberships of Political Organizations (table)

World Drainage Systems

World Gazetteer

World Lakes

World Latitude and Longitude Grids

World Named Latitudes and Longitudes

World Regions

World Rivers

World Time Zones

World UTM Zones

World Wildlife Fund Marine Ecoregions

World Wildlife Fund Terrestrial Ecoregions
StreetMap USA
Image data
United States (census)
United States (hydrography)
United States (landmarks)

United States Geographic Names Information System Buildings

United States Geographic Names Information System Cemeteries

Untied States Geographic Names Information System Churches

United States Geographic Names Information System Golf Locales

United States Geographic Names Information System Hospitals

United States Geographic Names Information System Locales

United States Geographic Names Information System Populated Places

United States Geographic Names Information System Schools

United States Geographic Names Information System Summits

United States Hospitals

United States National Atlas Historic Earthquakes

United States National Atlas Volcanoes

United States Parks

United States TANA/GDT Institutions

United States TANA/GDT Large Area Landmarks

United States TANA/GDT Park Landmarks

United States TANA/GDT Recreation Areas
United States (other)
United States (transportation)
Extensions
Getting more help

Using this Help system

Getting help within the applications

Contacting Technical Support

Support for users located outside the United States

Accessing ESRI Software Training

Using the GIS Dictionary
Help for developers

ArcGIS Developer Help